Scotty McCreery debuts new single, 'The Trouble With Girls'

Scotty McCreery premiered his follow-up single to I Love You This Big Tuesday morning on his hometown radio station, WQDR-FM, in Raleigh, N.C.

The Trouble With Girls, a ballad, was written Chris Tompkins (Carrie Underwood's Before He Cheats) and Philip White (Rascal Flatts's I'm Movin' On).

Scotty, who'll release his debut album Clear As Day Oct. 4, will also perform at a Country for Kids concert benefit NC Children's Hospital Nov. 30 at the Durham Performing Arts Center in North Carolina. He'll share the bill with Jerrod Niemann, Brantley Gilbert, David Nail and Jason Michael Carroll.

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